Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Bankston, Matagorda County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Bankston registered to vote in Matagorda County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Lewis Bankston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Bankston
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bankston in Matagorda County
- Henry Bankstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Samuel Bankstonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
Bankstons elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 18 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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